Jenn got an early ticket-buying time for locals only sales at the box office this Saturday. It's another lottery situation, but she got 8:30 AM, the first buying time of the first day. Woo Hoo!
She was able to purchase her full quota of 20 tickets (4 each for 5 movies.) In previous years, we have met people at Sundance who arrive in Park City with no movie tickets in hand, so I'm feeling pretty good about the fact that we already have tickets to eight movies.
Here's what we have:
Friday
Art & Copy -- 5:30pm
This is a documentary about the advertising industry. Given that my husband, Scott, works for Nike and thinks all Nike ads are superior, Dan Wieden is mentioned in the film description, and I have a marketing background, I'm interested in this film from a personal standpoint.
A non-Sundance aside: Scott's days as the corporate spokesperson for advertising at Nike were also highly entertaining. He once had to defend a horror-film-style ad featuring Suzy Hamilton being chased by a chainsaw wielding lunatic that aired during the Olympics (see link below). Later, he had to promise PETA that no chickens were harmed in the making of a football ad where a Minnesota, Viking lineman chased a chicken around his yard and eventually cooked and ate it. (PETA insisted the chicken was subjected to undue mental anguish.) Hmm, maybe someone should do a documentary about advertising PR.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX-QhoihLeI
Rudo Y Cursi -- 9:30pm
This Mexican film features two brothers who, in chasing their dreams, fall into competition with one another. It is described as high energy and comedic -- always welcome at 9:30pm after a day of movie-watching.
Saturday
500 Days of Summer -- 6:15pm
Described as a postmodern love story with a nod to Shakespearian farce, this premier stars Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel. Gordon Levitt is probably best known as Tommy from 3rd Rock from the sun, but we saw him in an intense film called Brick a few years ago and were really impressed with him in a dramatic role. Zooey Deschanel is currently in Yes Man with Jim Carrey. Regardless, it sounds warm and fun.
Spread -- 9:15pm
This is the film I mentioned earlier that stars Ashton Kutcher as a male gigolo in Hollywood. I predicted earlier that this will be the hot ticket of the year (due to fan-crazed girls wanting a glimpse of Kutcher (or middle aged men who want a peek at his wife.) If this holds true, maybe we should consider selling our tickets to subsidize our trip. If it turns out I'm no good at predictions, we'll keep the tickets and enjoy.
Sunday
Prom Night in Mississippi -- 11:30am
A documentary by a Canadian filmmaker about a high school prom in Mississippi. What makes it interesting is the story behind it. Morgan Freeman offers to pay for the school's senior prom only if it is racially integrated. The school (that does have integrated classrooms) turned him down once, then in 2008 (yes, that date's right) accepted his offer and had their first ever integrated prom. I'm sure it will be shocking at times, but I'm hoping it points to a more tolerant future.
Both documentaries that we are seeing are preceded by shorts. One is called The Archive and is 8 minutes long and the other is called Suspended and lasts 9 minutes. I assume they are documentary shorts, but we have no description of them, so we shall see.
Our next day to buy tickets is Tuesday at 10:00am (Pacific Time). We need to buy at least two movies for Sunday and one each for Friday and Monday. That would give us three movies a day for a total of 12 movies. That sounds like plenty to me, but Jois is already lobbying for four a day. Yikes!
Tuesday is the first day of on-line ticket sales, so we should be able to get most of what we want. We have several buying opportunities throughout the week, but the selection of available movies rapidly declines as the week unfolds. I'm hoping our schedule is filled on Tuesday, so I can stop obsessing about movies and start obsessing about how to get several bottles of Oregon wine and microbrews to Utah with me.
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